“Math Games Galore”
~ A Returning Developer ~
For further information contact…
Beth Hines
Lewis Anna Woodbury Elem
610 S. Charleston Ave.
Fort Meade, FL 33841
(863) 285-1133
[email protected]
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence
n PROGR AM OVERVIEW
Isn’t just about everything we do
to improve test scores? Math Games
Galore does just that. It makes practicing
and mastering math benchmark skills
fun. My fourth graders love to play
games. As a matter of fact, that is all
they want to do. So, I had to find a way
to take the skills they needed to master
and practice and teach them in a fun
exciting manner.
My students go crazy over cards,
dice, and dominoes. I either begin or
end each lesson with a game. This
year, I was struggling with getting my
class to learn their multiplication facts.
Memorizing them was just not working.
I even tried a multiplication program,
but most of the students were just not
studying their facts, and I was getting
frustrated. So, I got out my deck of
cards and discovered you could play
Multiplication War with a deck of cards.
Cards and dice are so inexpensive
and you can play so many different
games with them – all math related. You
can use them to practice multiplication
facts, reduce fractions, make improper
fractions, adding and subtracting fractions
and decimals, adding, subtracting, and
multiplying, place value, rounding
decimals or whole numbers, and even
making figures by using the area of two
cards (width X height). You can do all
the above with dominoes as well.
Making math fun is the key. Math
can be so much more fun for students
just by using manipulatives. It makes it
easier for ESE and ESOL students as
well. I found bringing in cards, dominoes
and dice stopped the comments like
“this is so boring.” So, I knew I had hit
‘Gold!”
n OVER ALL VALUE
I find Math Games Galore successful
since the students are paying attention
more and actually enjoy practicing math.
I found it a big success in the classroom
since my students showed such great
interest, resulting in big improvements.
n LESSON PLAN TITLES
• Multiplication War
• Decimals
• Fractions
n MATERIALS
Math Games Galore uses cards, dice
and dominoes.
When using decks of cards, I prefer one
deck per two students.
n ABOUT THE DEVELOPER
Beth Hines has a B.A. in Elementary
Education from Flagler College in St.
Augustine, FL. She has taught for
eleven years and is currently a 4th grade
teacher. Her past teaching experiences
have been in kindergarten, second
grade, and third grade. She is a three
time adapter grant recipient and this is
her second developer grant.
n RESOURCES
Scholastic’s Mega Fun Card Games
HHH
“Math Games Galore”
Beth Hines
Lesson Plan No 1: Multiplication War
n SUBJECTS COVERED
n MATERIALS
n VARIATIONS
Math
One shuffled deck of cards with tens,
jokers, and face cards removed (you
could keep the tens if the students
use them as a 0, Jacks can be 11 and
queens can be 12) for each pair of
students.
1. Can be played as Addition or
Subtraction War as well.
n GR ADES
K-5
n OBJECTIVES
•
The students will recall (from
memory) basic multiplication facts
•
The students will explain and
demonstrate the multiplication
and division of whole numbers
using manipulatives, drawings, and
algorithms.
•
The students will know the properties
of numbers including the following:
1. the zero and identity properties
of multiplication
2. the commutative, associative,
and distributive properties of
multiplication.
n SUNSHINE STATE
STANDARDS
• MA.A.3.2.1
• MA.A.3.2.2
2. You can also have your students
multiply 2 or 3 digit numbers showing
their work on paper.
3. Can be played with dice or dominoes
as well.
n EVALUATION/
ASSESSMENT
There are several ways you can assess
your students.
1.Follow up with a short paper pencil
quiz.
n DIRECTIONS
1. One player deals the cards evenly
between the players. Players place
their cards in a stack facedown in
front of them.
2. Each player turns over one card at
the same time.
2.As you walk around the room, make
anecdotal records.
n EXTENSION
Have a tournament in your class to see
who is the Multiplication Champion.
3. Players multiply the numbers in their
heads as quickly as possible.
4. The player who states the correct
product first wins and gets to take
both cards.
5. Play continues until all the cards
have been used.
6. The player with the most cards at
the end of the round wins.
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence
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Lesson Plan No 2: Decimals
n SUBJECTS COVERED
n MATERIALS
n VARIATIONS
Math
One shuffled deck of cards with tens,
jokers, and face cards removed (you
could keep the tens if the students use
them as a 0).
1. C a n b e p l a y e d a s a d d i t i o n ,
subtraction, or multiplication of
decimals as well.
n GR ADES
K-5
n OBJECTIVES
•
•
•
The students will understand and
explain the effects of addition,
subtraction, and multiplication on
whole numbers, decimals, and
fractions, including mixed numbers,
and the effects of division on whole
numbers, including the inverse
relationship of multiplication and
division.
The students will select the
appropriate operation to solve
specific problems involving addition,
subtraction, and multiplication of
whole fractions, and division of
whole numbers.
The student adds, subtracts, and
multiplies whole numbers, decimals,
and fractions, including mixed
numbers, and divides whole numbers
to solve real-world problems, using
appropriate methods of computing,
such as mental mathematics, paper
and pencil, and calculator.
n SUNSHINE STATE
STANDARDS
• MA.A.3.2.1
• MA.A.3.2.2
• MA.A.3.2.3
2. The player with the least number
could also be the winner of that
round.
3. Have the students write the greatest
decimal they could make and the
least decimal they could make
and get the difference between the
two.
n DIRECTIONS
4. Have each student write their
decimal on an index card and have
the students arrange themselves in
order from greatest to least or least
to greatest.
1. One player deals the cards evenly
between the players. Players place
their cards in a stack facedown in
front of them.
5. Can be played with dice or dominoes
as well.
2. Each player turns over three cards
(use the number of cards appropriate
for the age and ability of your
class).
n EVALUATION /
ASSESSMENT
3. Players turn over the first card, leave
the second card face down (it is
the decimal) and turn over the third
card.
4. Players add/subtract/ round/compare
their decimals with their partner’s.
There are several ways you can assess
your students.
1. Follow up with a short paper pencil
quiz.
2. As you walk around the room,
make anecdotal records.
5. The player with the greater number
wins all the cards from that round
and places them in a separate
stack.
6. Play continues until all the cards
have been used.
7. The player with the most cards at
the end of the round wins.
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence
HHH
“Math Games Galore”
Beth Hines
Lesson Plan No 3: Fractions
n SUBJECTS COVERED
Math
n SUNSHINE STATE
STANDARDS
• MA.A.3.2.1
• MA.A.3.2.2
n GR ADES
• MA.A.3.2.3
K-5
n OBJECTIVES
n MATERIALS
•
One shuffled deck of cards with tens,
jokers, and face cards removed (you
could keep the tens if the students use
them as a 0).
•
•
The students will understand and
explain the effects of addition,
subtraction, and multiplication on
whole numbers, decimals, and
fractions, including mixed numbers,
and the effects of division on whole
numbers, including the inverse
relationship of multiplication and
division.
The students will select the
appropriate operation to solve
specific problems involving addition,
subtraction, and multiplication of
whole fractions, and division of
whole numbers.
The student adds, subtracts, and
multiplies whole numbers, decimals,
and fractions, including mixed
numbers, and divides whole numbers
to solve real-world problems, using
appropriate methods of computing,
such as mental mathematics, paper
and pencil, and calculator.
n DIRECTIONS
1. One player deals the cards evenly
between the players. Players place
their cards in a stack facedown in
front of them.
2. Each player turns over two cards (one
above the other as a fraction).
3. Players add, subtract, or compare
their fractions with their partner’s.
4. The player with the greater fraction
wins all the cards from that round
and places them in a separate
stack.
n VARIATIONS
1. C a n b e p l a y e d a s a d d i t i o n ,
subtraction, or multiplication of
fractions as well.
2. The player with the least fraction
could also be the winner of that
round.
3. This can also be played with improper
fractions, and the students have to
write as an improper fraction.
4. Have each student write their
fraction on an index card and have
the students arrange themselves in
order from greatest to least or least
to greatest.
5. This can be played with dominoes
or dice instead of cards.
n EVALUATION /
ASSESSMENT
There are several ways you can assess
your students.
1. Follow up with a short paper pencil
quiz.
2. As you walk around the room, make
anecdotal records.
5. Play continues until all the cards
have been used.
6. The player with the most cards at
the end of the round wins.
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence
HHH
“Math Games Galore”
Beth Hines
Lesson Plans Materials Budget
Materials Budget
SupplierItem DescriptionCost
QuantityTotal Cost
Math Learning Ctr
Dice “Opening Eyes to mathematics”
$6.00
5
$30.00
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Schoolhouse
Classroom Dice Set
$16.99
4
$67.96
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Overhead math Dice Set
$35.99
1
$35.99
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Everyday Math
Everything Math Card Deck
$30.15
1
$30.15
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Fractional Decimal / Percent Cards
$30.15
1
$30.15
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$194.25
Subtotal
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Beth Hines
Teacher’s Name______________________________________
Lewis Anna Woodbury Elem School:_____________________________________________
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Tax if applicable
________________________________________________
$6.00
Shipping if applicable
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TOTAL
BUDGET
AMOUNT
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence
$200.25
“Math Games Galore”
Rubric
Beth Hines
Assessment for Various Math Skills
Skill/Objective
Beginning
1
Developing
2
Accomplished
3
Exemplary
4
Student will
add/subtract
fractions
with like
denominators
Student does
not write fraction
correctly,
with same
denominators
Student writes
fractions
correctly,
but does not
add/subtract
correctly
Student writes
fractions correctly,
and adds/sub
correctly with 75%
accuracy
Student writes
fraction correctly,
and add/sub
correctly with 90%
accuracy
Student will
add/subtract
fractions
with unlike
denominators
Student does not
write fractions
correctly
Student writes
fractions
correctly,
but does not
find common
multiples
Student writes
fractions correctly,
and find common
multiples with 75%
accuracy
Student write
fractions correctly,
and finds common
multiples with 90%
accuracy
Student will
multiply two
and three digit
numbers
Student does not
multiply correctly
- does not show
understanding of
multiplication
Student shows
understanding of
multiplying, but
only in the ones
place
Student multiplies
two and three digit
numbers correctly
with 75% accuracy
Student multiplies
two and three digit
numbers with 90%
accuracy
Student will
compare and
reduce fractions
Student does not
compare fractions
correctly
Student
compares
fractions
correctly less
than 75% of the
time
Student compares
fractions correctly
and reduces when
possible with 75%
accuracy
Student compares
fractions correctly
and reduces when
possible with 90%
accuracy
Student will
compare
decimals
Student does
not write decimal
correctly (has no
understanding of
Place Value with
Decimals)
Student writes
decimal correctly
but with less
than 75%
accuracy
Student writes
decimal correctly
and shows
understanding of
Place Value with
Decimals with
75% accuracy
Student writes
decimal correctly
and shows
understanding of
Place Value with
Decimals with
90% accuracy
2007 - 2008 Idea Catalog of Excellence